Croissants and Lychees

This morning, I read a new book to Noah. The protagonist, a certain "Petit Poilu," had some moon shaped pastries and some prickly round red fruit for breakfast. I asked Noah what the pastry was and he did not know. I then asked him what the little fruit were and he immediately responded lychee. I suppose I should not be surprised, given that we live in Singapore, but how strange it feels that he would recognize lychees and not croissants!